LEMPis a combination of the operating system and open-source software stack. The acronym LEMP is derived from the first letters of Linux, Nginx HTTP Server, MySQL/MariaDB database, and PHP, Perl or Python.

In this tutorial we will see how to install LEMP stack on Fedora 23 server. The same procedure should work on previous Fedora versions.

By default, MySQL root password is empty. So, to prevent unauthorized access to MySQL, let us set root user password. Enter the following command to setup mysql root user password:

mysql_secure_installation NOTE: RUNNING ALL PARTS OF THIS SCRIPT IS RECOMMENDED FOR ALL MariaDB SERVERS IN PRODUCTION USE! PLEASE READ EACH STEP CAREFULLY!In order to log into MariaDB to secure it, we'll need the currentpassword for the root user. If you've just installed MariaDB, andyou haven't set the root password yet, the password will be blank,so you should just press enter here.Enter current password for root (enter for none): OK, successfully used password, moving on...Setting the root password ensures that nobody can log into the MariaDBroot user without the proper authorisation.Set root password? [Y/n] y ## Enter Y and press EnterNew password: ## Enter new passwordRe-enter new password: ## Enter password againPassword updated successfully!Reloading privilege tables.. ... Success!By default, a MariaDB installation has an anonymous user, allowing anyoneto log into MariaDB without having to have a user account created forthem. This is intended only for testing, and to make the installationgo a bit smoother. You should remove them before moving into aproduction environment.Remove anonymous users? [Y/n] y ## Enter Y and press Enter ... Success!Normally, root should only be allowed to connect from 'localhost'. Thisensures that someone cannot guess at the root password from the network.Disallow root login remotely? [Y/n] y ## Enter Y and press Enter ... Success!By default, MariaDB comes with a database named 'test' that anyone canaccess. This is also intended only for testing, and should be removedbefore moving into a production environment.Remove test database and access to it? [Y/n] y ## Enter Y and press Enter - Dropping test database... ... Success! - Removing privileges on test database... ... Success!Reloading the privilege tables will ensure that all changes made so farwill take effect immediately.Reload privilege tables now? [Y/n] y ## Enter Y and press Enter ... Success!Cleaning up...All done! If you've completed all of the above steps, your MariaDBinstallation should now be secure.Thanks for using MariaDB! Install PHP

PHP(recursive acronym for PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor ) is a widely used open-source general purpose scripting language that is especially suited for web development and can be embedded into HTML.

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Save and close the file. Restart php – fpm service:

systemctl restart php-fpm.service Test PHP:

Create a sample “testphp.php” file in the Nginx document root folder:

vi /usr/share/nginx/html/testphp.php

Append the lines as shown below:

<?phpphpinfo();?>

Save and close the file.

Now, Restart Nginx service using command:

systemctl restart nginx.service

Navigate to http://server-ip-address/testphp.php . It will display all the details about PHP such as version, build date and commands etc.